Animation Softwares.....

[N.Knight]

Plz name me some nice and free animation softwares besides Milkshape.
I'm just getting started on creating animations from scratch!

 

[chilla_killa]

Why don't you use Milkshape?
Well, there's 3DSMAX, GMAX, Blender.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

There was a wc3 animation tools somewhere... was it called WarForger or something?
It wasnt finished, but useable...

Sry, that really vague, but somebody sees that at remembers?

 

[General Frank]

You might ask Callahan about WarForger. Or you even might use notepad for animation.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

well, i think gmax exports animations with blinks tool now, too, dowsnt it?
why then not use that, that would be the easiest and best way...
(like chilla_killa already mentioned)

 

[General Frank]

well, i think gmax exports animations with blinks tool now, too, dowsnt it?
why then not use that, that would be the easiest and best way...
(like chilla_killa already mentioned)

I would argue if it is the best way, but it is the easiest.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

why do you doubt that?
i would actually say its not easier than merging animations but its definatly a lot better

i mean, with a standalone program like gmax you can utilize the bonez fully and animate in 3D and such....

 

[General Frank]

why do you doubt that?
i would actually say its not easier than merging animations but its definatly a lot better

i mean, with a standalone program like gmax you can utilize the bonez fully and animate in 3D and such....

Indeed. But some still prefer just doing it with written values only.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

wouldnt that be tedious and take very long?

 

[General Frank]

wouldnt that be tedious and take very long?

Not really. I made my newest tank with that method and it look only 2 hours.

 

[Devine]

Not really. I made my newest tank with that method and it look only 2 hours.

I don't know, man. Would it not be better to use mdlvis?
I've animated in it before, as in adding an animation to an already existing wc3 unit, that is. Didn't take me longer than 10 minutes to add a burrow animationset to the hydralisk and the quality is decent. link.

 

[N.Knight]

Thank you guys! This little discussion you had proved very helpful for me!

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

never used mdlvis, but isnt it just for merging purposes only?

@Knight, the discussion is not over yet

 

[General Frank]

never used mdlvis, but isnt it just for merging purposes only?

Nope, it is pretty much a low tech version of Gmax or Ms3d.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

so you can animate in 3D Space?
i *think* i tried it once and you only had the ortographic views (like front left right and top) and couldnt pan around the model...
(i'm sry, i'm no fan of one sentence discussions, you have a higher rank than me, tell me if this is tending to get offtopic)

 

[General Frank]

I think by discussing that, we give a good view of what program to use and stuff.

 

[Uncle Fester]

well that discussion hlped me too....blender seems 2 be the simplest 4 me thx guys

 

[Deolrin]

Animating with Notepad would only really work for mostly static models, like tanks and other mechanical stuff, no? I mean you can't really animate a Grunt from scratch in Notepad... Or well, you can, but it will take weeks.

 

[NhazUl]

I use Mdlvis for complex animations and Magos for some basic scripts, like simple rotation of a missile or mechanical stuff (vehicles and aircraft).

 

[Uncle Fester]

Or you even might use notepad for animation.

notepad can easily turn some1 crazy....it needs HELL-DAMN much thing written...it's the last *tool* i would use 4 animations.....if some1 else likes it it's his dicision, not my 1

 

[N.Knight]

I found this great software called Anim8or. Works fairly nice, got some nice features but can't export animations. I feel like pulling my hair out.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

yes, thats why i didnt mention it...
it does use keyframing, as does wc3, but i wasnt sure how to format that, too...
maybe you can export it as something different and then copy some parts in wordpad over to a .mdl?